Wonder if this setup will be back at Lockhart. I could use a nap after the game.
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On the other side of the continent, FAU hoops opened with a nice win, beating UC-Davis 70-63.

Coach Mike Jarvis didn’t get to add too many players to his roster this year because nearly everyone was returning, but the ones he added seem to be quality dudes.

Like Dennis Mavin, who scored 19 points in his first college game. Not a bad debut.

FAU needed that, because Greg Gannt, last year’s leading scorer, got tossed early in the game for allegedy leading with his elbow. Jarvis got a T arguing that one. I believe it means Gannt has to sit today.

The good: Mavin. Alex Tucker also had a good game running the point in Ray Taylor’s absence (Taylor should return today). The Owls wanted to play better D this year, and they did in this game, as UC-Davis shot 37.3 percent.

The bad: Well, actually, let’s call it The Awful – FAU was 22-of-43 from the free throw line. 51.2 percent. Those are Shaq like numbers. Inexcusable. The game should have been a blowout. Royster was 4-of-10 in his free throws. 40 percent. Yikes. He is getting to the basket, but he has to make teams pay for fouling him.

Anyway, that is fixable and it was a good thing it didn’t impact the outcome.

FAU is at it again tonight at 7:30 versus UW-Milwaukee.

HEARING THE GAME???

Now, how many folks were able to hear the FAU/UC-Davis game last night?

ESPN 760, the Voice of the Owls, loses its voice at night, as the signal is fine if you live in West Palm, nonexistent if you live in Broward, and barely audible if you live in Boca Raton, where FAU’s campus is located.

Considering that most FAU students and alum live in Broward, it’s not a great situation.

I live north so heard it fine (though the feed went out several times). But those who live south and tried to listen via the internet got high school football. At least that is what I have been told.

Now, tonight’s game will not be on the radio because FAU vs. ULL football pre-empts it, but is supposed to be on the internet. But isn’t the football also on there?

I am confused. Anyway, good luck with that.

AROUND THE BELT

Game of the Day is in Troy, where the Trojans (5-3, 4-1) host the Kitties of FIU (3-5, 3-1). A Troy win pretty much sews up the conference crown. An FIU win turns things upside down. But Troy always seems to win the games it has to, and this should be no different.

WKU (1-8, 1-4) is at Arkansas State (4-5, 4-2). The Red Wolves are sniffing a bowl bid and should win at home.

North Texas (2-7, 2-4) is at MTSU (3-5, 2-2) in one of those ‘who cares?’ games. MTSU is a mess, and NT might pull an upset in this one.

ULM is at LSU. Nothing else to say about that one.

NIGHT GAME

The sun will be long gone by the time the whistle blows to start tonight’s game in the Warehouse District of Fort Lauderdale.

Interested in seeing how many fans show up for this one.

If you are going, here is my friendly reminder: THE PLACE WILL BE CRAWLING WITH COPS!!!!!!

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DIETER KURTENBACH a Chicago native and 2010 Missouri School of Journalism graduate, has covered Missouri Tigers athletics for KCOU radio and the Columbia Missourian, Major League Soccer for Comcast SportsNet-Chicago, and lunch orders for ESPN Radio-Chicago. Kurtenbach was part of the Missourian team that earned first place in "Breaking News" at the 2010 Associated Press Sports Editors awards, but his real passion is his constant quest to find the world’s best sandwich – if you have a tip, don’t hesitate to send it his way.